Talk:Islamabad (disambiguation)

Islamabad is former name of Anantnag. This disambiguation page seems unnecessary. --Saqib (talk) 12:58, 30 September 2012 (CEST)

I agree. The Indians run Anantnag, so they get to choose its name. Nominate it for deletion I'd say; a redirect is pointless. JamesA ^>talk 13:11, 30 September 2012 (CEST)

Vfd

A vote for deletion discussion is archived below. The result was Keep. --139.190.180.195 08:07, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Islamabad (disambiguation)

Per here. --Saqib (talk) 13:18, 30 September 2012 (CEST)

• Delete - "According to old map of British India (1836), Anantnag was called Islamabad by some" so unlikely to confuse any traveller today! --W. Frank^e-mail_talk 13:45, 30 September 2012 (CEST)
• Support - What I said on the talk page. JamesA ^>talk 13:48, 30 September 2012 (CEST)
• Delete. --Peter ^Talk 02:36, 1 October 2012 (CEST)
• Delete. Keep. Apparently there is still some active usage of the name Islamabad, and it is a historical name of the city. A disambiguation page could help site readers, so there is no reason to delete it.--Globe-trotter (talk) 03:37, 2 October 2012 (CEST)
• Comment. After a bit of research, it does appear there is a recent push from Islamic Kashmir to know this place as Islamabad. However, I don't think this is likely to be an issue facing a traveller. --Inas (talk) 02:57, 3 October 2012 (CEST)
• Comment — The official government site for Anantnag has this to say: "but still the name Islamabad is Popular among common masses, though officially the name Anantnag is used." [1] So there is some evidence of actual current usage, not just historical use. — Ravikiran r (talk) 19:02, 8 October 2012 (CEST)

We can mention Islamabad name as being the former name of Anantnag in the article. --Saqib (talk) 06:21, 9 October 2012 (CEST)

• Keep. As long as searching for or linking to Islamabad gets you to the correct article, there is no reason not to have this disambig page. Pashley (talk) 07:20, 9 October 2012 (CEST)

As a general rule, I think old names should be supported. See User talk:Pashley/Archive#Test_old_names Pashley (talk) 07:23, 9 October 2012 (CEST)